Research shows that children in kinship care benefit from increased placement stability compared to children in local authority care, and are able to maintain family relationships. (grandparentsplus.org.uk)
This shows that despite many carers stepping in to care for children who would have otherwise gone into local authority care, only one in ten feel they're getting the support they need. (grandparentsplus.org.uk)
By «informal» we mean extended families that are looking after a child rather than their parents, and are not in local authority care. (buttleuk.org)